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March 5, 1931

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$10,000,000,000 CONGRESS QUITS, VITAL BILLS LOST BY FILIBUSTER IN SENATE; SESSION ENDS ON SCHEDULE Senator Thomas Talks for Three Hours, Killing Many Measures. HILARITY IN THE HOUSE Song and Blaring Band Mark Merriest Demonstration of the Last Fifteen Years. HOOVER WAITS AT CAPITOL Surrounded by Cabinet in President's Room as He Acts OnOdds and Ends. Immigration Bill Fails. Thomas Again Starts Oratory. CONGRESS WINDS UP TEN-BILLION CAREER Large Oil Companies Blamed. President Goes to Capitol. Thomas Balks at Postmasters. Some Passing Out of the Public Eye. Gillett Retires From Congress. Galleries Crowded for the End. Controversy Dates Back to Tariff. Asks for Rulings and Gains Time. As to the "400 of Privilege."

By Richard V. Oulahan. Special To the New York Times

On internatl indus agreements and limitation of economic liberty; s to Internatl Chamber of Commerce

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SMITH CANDIDACY AND WET-DRY ISSUE BEFORE DEMOCRATS; Ex-Governor, in Capital for Committee Session Today, Viewed as "Receptive." HE DENIES ROOSEVELT SPLIT Will Speak at Meeting if Called On, He Says--Terms Prohibition a Leading 1932 Question. PROXIES A FACTOR IN FIGHTProtest Planned if Raskob Seeks toUse Them to Obtain Resolution on Party Stand. Prohibition to Fore in Talks. SMITH CANDIDACY ISSUE OF DEMOCRATS Will Speak if Called Upon. Calls Tariff Law a Failure. Ex-Governor Byrd Gives His Stand. To Consider $661,914 Deficit.

By Special to The New York Times

Smith regarded as receptive Dem candidate

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NAVAL PACT IS APPROVED BY HOOVER AND STIMSON WHO SEE END OF RIVALRY; NEGOTIATORS ARE PRAISED President Says the World Owes Them Great Debt of Gratitude for Work. NO CUT IN BATTLESHIP SIZE State Department Denies Reports From Abroad--Text of Accord Expected Today.HENDERSON TELLS OF PACTAsserts in Commons Accord Is Subject to the Approval of America and Japan. THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. Stimson Expresses Satisfaction. Expects No Change in Treaty.

By Special to The New York Times

Statement on Franco-Ital accord

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Notable Births

Fred (cartoonist)

1931Fred, French author and illustrator (died 2013)[†]

Frédéric Othon Théodore AristidÚs, known by his pseudonym Fred, was a French cartoonist in the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. He is best known for his series Philémon.

Barry Tuckwell

1931Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player and educator (died 2020)[†]

Barry Emmanuel Tuckwell, was an Australian French horn player who spent most of his professional life in the UK and the United States. He is generally considered to have been one of the world's leading horn players.

Historical Events

British Raj

1931The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.[†]

The British Raj was the colonial rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting from 1858 to 1947. It is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India. The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. As India, it was a founding member of the League of Nations and a founding member of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945. India was a participating state in the Summer Olympics in 1900, 1920, 1928, 1932, and 1936.